- man 2 stat describes the stat struct (as C code)
- … it shows the field names
st_dev, st_ino, st_mode, st_nlink, …
- … it shows the field types
dev_t, ino_t, mode_t, nlink_t, …
- … it's a simplification
- … as it doesn't show padding bytes
- … and some structures—timespec—have several implementations
(This is all properly documented, just annoying)